Ralph W. Baird
RESUME
RALPH W. BAIRD
President
Baird Petrophysical International
1784 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N.
Houston, Texas U.S.A. 77043
Phone: +1 (713) 461-1784
Fax: +1 (713) 461-0914
Email 
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
B. S., Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Minor, Geological Engineering, Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines
Graduate Studies, Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa
Graduate Studies, Economics, Oklahoma State University
Graduate Studies, Business Administration, University of Houston
Registered Professional Engineer ( "PE" ) ( in Colorado #13569, by Exam )
Certified Professional Geologist ( "CPG" ) ( AIPG #4275, by peer review )
SIPES National #2473, by Peer Review
Professional Geoscientist ( "PG" ) ( in Texas #2463, Grandfathered )
Sigma Gamma Epsilon ( Earth Science Honorary )
National Science Teachers Association ( contributor, advisor )
American College of Healthcare Executives ( past member, advisor )
Commercial Pilot ( FAA #2138605 )
APPOINTMENTS:
Board of Directors, Texas EquuSearch ( Non-profit 501(c)(3) Dickinson, Texas )
Board of Officers, Board of Directors, Chair Development Committee, International Year of Planet Earth ( IYPE )
International Committee, SEG Liaison, The Electronic Geophysical Year ( eGY )
Guest Editor, The Leading Edge, monthly professional journal of the SEG ( SEG )
Instructor, AAPG Education Conference ( AAPG )
Invited Contributor, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, Springer Science+Business Media ( Springer )
AREAS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
Project manager. Business management. Member, Officer, corporate Board of Directors. Member, Officer professional society Board of Directors. Management including planning, organizing, execution and coordination of exploration and drilling projects. Marketing of high technology exploration and drilling services and products, domestically and internationally. Financial planning and administration. Personnel procurement and training. Organization of public relations, financial and technical information. Conducted large scale seminars and coordinated all promotional and presentation activities. Coached presenters. Prepared bids to satisfy requests for proposals. Prepared financial comparatives.
AREAS OF TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:
Geophysicist. Geologist. Engineer in CO. Special interest
and pioneer of Pore pressure
analysis for well planning and exploration prospect evaluation, expertise and instructor. Specialized and high tech
seismic exploration detailed and confirmation methods. Exploration basin and prospect evaluation using
conventional hands-on subsurface methods and integrating modern computer
data base mapping and processing. Seismic
stratigraphic and structural interpretation, including reservoir limits
and reserve estimates. Potential
field methods, gravity,
magnetics, radiometrics, radar and sonar exploration.
Geochemical coring and sampling.
Survey planning and budgeting.
Well log analysis correlation and integration to seismic.
VSP planning and interpretation.
Operations' direction including equipment specification and
testing. Data processing
parameter and sequence selection for optimum results.
Developed and authored guidelines for survey quality enhancement,
processing guidelines and report requirements for upper management.
EXPERIENCE:
1978 - Present
Baird Petrophysical International, Baird Comap Ltd., Baird PetroDevelopment, Houston
Founder, President, Registered Professional Engineer (Colorado), Geological Consultant, Geophysical Consultant. 50% US Onshore Gulf Coast and Offshore; 50% International Basins. Assisted geologists in generating prospects in sandstone and carbonate basins. Advisor on exploration concept management. Qualified in all aspects of geophysical exploration and specialized areas for well planning. Integrated geophysical results with geology and drilling. Technical and administrative responsibility as a 55 man oil, gas and mineral exploration services contractor. Advisor to start-up companies including fast track organization to first day of revenue after board approval for new businesses.
A complete list of projects and scope of work is available. ( Partial List )
U. S. offshore experience: US Gulf Coast (Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Florida), US East Coast (Georgia, New Jersey), California, Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, North Slope, Alaska. Onshore: US Gulf Coast (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama), West Texas, Central Texas, East Texas, SE Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming.
International: Offshore Malaysia, Indonesia, Offshore China, Australia, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Somalia, Kenya, Yemen, Egypt, U.A.E., Angola, Congo, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Zaire, Trinidad, Aruba, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Belize, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Canadian East Coast: Davis Strait, Greenland, South Korea, Madagascar, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Tasmania, UK North Sea, Norway North Sea, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria, Vietnam, Offshore Israel, Red Sea, and Albania.
Retained by drilling contractors for geologic prognosis for well planning. Retained by independent oil companies for prospect review, due diligence and evaluation. Provides advanced, interpretational, analytical 2-D and 3-D seismic interpretation and 2-D and 3-D seismic data processing. Instructor, Pore Pressure and Frac Gradient School JV with Leo J. McClure.
2007 - Present
PetroDevelopment Advisors, LLC, PetroDevelopment Partners, LP, Houston and Beverly Hills
Co-Founder. Oil and gas advisory service. Advisor and recommended management of producing properties. Evaluate economic value of producing and undeveloped properties and business joint ventures. Recommend enhancements and identify undeveloped reservoirs. Provides due diligence, business planning, communications. field studies, presentations, 3D seismic data collection, management and interpretation, oilfield service company startups and merger management, oilfield infrastructure and management of investment opportunities identified by market conditions and special opportunities. Advise E&P's and partners concerning appropriate technologies and management of technology, assets and personnel.
1978
Timko, Lindahl and Schweikhardt, Inc., Houston
Vice President. Generated prospects for independent oil company onshore Texas. Reported to Don Timko.
1976 - 1978
Fairfield Industries, Inc. (formerly Aquatronics International, Inc.), Houston
Director. Coordinated and contributed to growth of skills of field operation, data processing and interpretation services and products. Responsible for developing business, estimating costs, writing proposals, sales plans and activities for corporate growth. Organized and reviewed results of surveys including high resolution shallow digital seismic, side scan sonar, magnetometer, and subbottom profiler. Responsible for compiled reports, professional certification and coordination with clients.
Established the prediction of potential drilling hazards by high resolution geophysical techniques. Initiated five educational seminars on advanced predictive methods for industry clientele. Author of eight published technical papers; presented material at 39 professional society meetings. Designed projects for detailed and regional mapping for reservoir studies on the Gulf Coast; for planning drilling and foundation soils studies in Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey, California, Alaska, Canada, the West Indies, Central America and Taiwan. Reported to President, Tom Nichol and Vice Presidents Neil Moore and Rex Reavis.
1971 -1976
Continental Oil Company, Houston and Ponca City, OK
Engineer (Production) and Log Analyst.
Responsible for geologic pore pressure prognosis of proposed wells.
Instructor of Basic Well Logging.
Consultant for exploration and exploitation reservoir modeling
geophysics. Initiated seismic
reservoir analysis within the production department.
Reported to the manager of Formation Evaluation, Gregory Hammack
and Chief Drilling Engineer, Roscoe Clark.
Worked along side Paul Pilkington and Walter Fertl.
Experience in six international oil basins including the North Sea,
South China Sea, West Africa and the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
Exploration geophysicist.
Prospect evaluation; geophysical structural and stratigraphic
interpretation. Presented
evaluation results and methods, including reserve estimates to operating
committee of four major oil companies (Conoco was the lead partner in the CAGC
Exploration & Production Partnership
(Conoco, Arco, Getty and Cities Service). Developed
shallow gas and pore pressure mapping techniques which were documented and
turned over to all offshore operators.
Administered seismic modeling lithology group.
Reported to Regional Geophysicist, Carl Gullick and Exploration
Manager Hank Hill. Experience
in U. S. Gulf Coast and
Offshore Texas and Louisiana.
Data Processing Geophysicist. Seismic data processing special problems using CONSEIS; organized extensive prototype field acquisition system for minerals exploration including direct data entry into computer and automatic computer contouring. Supervised input and analysis of well log data into CONMAP system for exploration mapping and data retrieval. Reviewed development of structural and isopach maps derived from log analysis and correlation to seismic sections. Reported to R. E. 'Dick' Schneider, C. E. 'Chuck' Warnaca, Ben Smith and Wes Bird.
1968 - 1970
Shell Oil Company, Gaylord, MI and Denver, CO
Oklahoma Exploration Division, Seismic Field Crew, various assignments in Michigan Basin. Shell Oil supported students through summer jobs and part-time employment. Reported to Roger Baker and Phil Beatty. Interviewed and hired by Marshall Wicker,
PUBLICATIONS:
A complete list of publications, including private, public and industry reports is available. For a complete list please contact BPI. Partial list of published works and publications:
Baird, R. W., Exploration Success and Failures from Pore Pressure Assumptions, AAPG Fall Education Conference, Houston, 2009.
Baird, R. W., "Hope and Excitement from Fun in the Past: Exploration Team Building," Exploration Excellence Evening, Noble Energy, 2006.
Baird, R. W., "UNESCO International Year of Planet Earth and Houston: the Next Sputnik," Rotary Club of University Area Houston, 2008.
Baird, R. W., and Hall, J. D, "Introduction to this Special Section: eGY: The Electronic Geophysical Year," (The Leading Edge, 2007)
"International Geophysical Year - the Next 50 Years," Paper Number U41D-03, Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, 2006
"Personal Reflections of the IGY with Hope for a Successful eGY," Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, 2005
Allen, J. L., Baird, R. W., Neidell, N. and Sheriff, R., "The Role of Seismic Technology for Independents," SIPES Houston Chapter Seminar, 1992
"Computer Contouring Applications to Stratigraphic Exploration," Continental Oil Company, 1972, In-house Text.
"A Fully Computerized Mineral Exploration Aeromagnetic and Aeroradiation Data Acquisition and Mapping System," Continental Oil Company, 1973, User Manual.
"Prediction of Potential Drilling Hazards by High Resolution Geophysical Techniques, Distributed to the Offshore Operators Committee," Continental Oil Company, 1974, 80 pp.
"The Search for Artifacts Beneath the Sea Floor," Pioneer Oil Producers Society, Houston, 1975.
"Explanation of Shallow Blowouts and Lost Time Incidents with Some Recommendations," OTC 1610, May 1976.
"Production Engineering Requirements and Exploration Technology," Geophysical Society of Houston, January 1976.
"Shallow Gas Detection for the Independent Oil Company," SEG, 1978 Annual Meeting.
"System to Predict Offshore Drilling Hazards," Petroleum Engineering International, 1979.
"Measurement of Drilling Hazards Before Drilling," OTC 3619, 1979.
Numerous private reports and publications on the subjects of: Exploration Risk Management, Petroleum Exploration, Exploration Concepts, Oil & Gas Economics, Drill Site Safety, Abnormal Pressure Prediction, Deep Water Fracture Gradients, Shallow Gas Blowouts, Seismic Data Licensing, Disposal Well Geology and Hydraulics. (Contact BPI for listing)
Numerous research reports on the subjects of: Seismic Interpretation, Seismic Data Processing, Seismic Data Acquisition, Log Analysis, VSP Interpretation, Drilling Geomechanics. (Contact BPI for listing)
Teaching materials and lecture handouts on the
subjects of: Drilling with Seismic, Pore Pressure and Frac Gradient
Prediction, Shallow Drilling Hazards, High Resolution Geophysical
Surveying, Seismic Amplitude Modeling Using Well Logs.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Petroleum Institute ( API ), Member, Houston Chapter ( - present), ( National Committee Member 1973-76 )
Society of Petroleum Engineers ( AIME - SPE ) (Member 1967-). Member, Gulf Coast Section.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists ( AAPG ) (Member 1976-), Founding Member, Energy Minerals Division, AAPG Foundation Grants-In-Aid Committee, AAPG Instructor.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists ( SEG ) (Member 1968-), Chairman OTC Technical Program Committee, Chairman Offshore, Exploration and Oceanography Committee, Reviews Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Production and Development Committee, Exhibitors Committee, Annual Meeting Technical Program Committee; SEG Foundation Trustee Associate, Chairman eGY 2007-2008 Ad Hoc Committee, Guest Editor The Leading Edge, Oct. 2007, Representative to the International Year of Planet Earth, Youth Education Committee.
Geological Society of America ( GSA ) Professional member, Member Geology and Society Division, Committee member Year of Planet Earth.
Geophysical Society of Houston ( GSH ) (Member 1973-), Vice President, Member Board of Directors, Section Representative, Chairman Company Contacts Committee, Chairman, Employment Referrals Committee, Co-chairman GSH Continuing Education Seminar, Initiator VIP Breakfast.
Houston Geological Society ( HGS ) (Member 1973- ), Chairman Year of Planet Earth Committee
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts ( SPWLA ) (Member 1975-)
International Association of Drilling Contractors ( IADC ) Member
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists ( SIPES ) (Member) Member, SIPES-Houston.
American Association of Drilling Engineers ( AADE ) Charter Member, Houston Section.
International Association of Geophysical Contractors ( IAGC ) (Member 1979-)
Houston Chamber of Commerce (Member 1978-86)
Previously Greater Houston Partnership (Invited Member, Small Business International Representatives)
American Institute of Professional Geologists ( AIPG ) (Member 1978-)
American Society of Civil Engineers ( ASCE ) (Member 1974-03)
American Geophysical Union ( AGU ) (Member 1973-) Texas Delegate, Congressional Visits Day, Washington, D.C., 2006.
Alaska Geological Society, Member
Oklahoma City Geological Society, Member
Dallas Geological Society, Member
West Texas Geological Society, Member
Corpus Christi Geological and Geophysical Society, Member (2004-)
Lafayette Geophysical Society, Member (2004-)
Geophysical Society of Tulsa (Member 1971-74, inactive)
European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers ( EAGE ) Member (2003-).
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists ( CSPG ) Member (2003-)
Geological Modeling Society of Houston ( GMSH, inactive )
Society of American Military Engineers ( S.A.M.E. 1967-75 ) Member U.S.A.R.
Colorado School of Mines, CSM Alumni Association (CSMAA), Member, Charter Member CSM Presidents Council, Charter Member Integral Club
University of Tulsa Petroleum Engineering Advisor Committee, Ex-officio Member (1972-78)
American College of Healthcare Executives ("ACHE") Member (2004-05, inactive)
Sigma Nu Fraternity (Gamma Eta Chapter) Advisor, Treasurer
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) : FAA, Commercial Pilot (1971-)
Angel Flight South Central ( Command Pilot ) (2003- ), Transportation of cancer patients in/out of Houston by personal aircraft.
Texas EquuSearch of Dickinson Texas, Director, Board of Directors, Technical Advisor, Search Coordinator, Volunteer Underwater Side Scan Sonar (2005-)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL) (1961-) : FCC, General Class Amateur Radio Operator, Officer AREC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Member
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Supporting Member
World Affairs Council of Houston (2008 - ), Member
Houston PBS (2008 - ), Director's Circle
MISC.:
United Aircraft Four-Year Mathematics Prize
American Cyanamid Scholarship
National Science Foundation, Pre-College Science Center, Space Science